Oh, this is almost too easy... I should regret this but I cannot protect myself...

Raphael nuzzled him, then slid his hands around to the front and clutched Michael's shirt.

"I'm so sorry," he said, choking. "I feel like such a hypocrite. I said such cruel, cruel things about you when... when..."

He lowered his voice to a theatrical whisper.

"I think I love you," he said, breaking off into a sob at the end.

It's too much, too rehearsed, too 'by-the-book,' he's never going to believe it...